Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Biomed and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 fell 0.55% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Teva (TA:TEVA), which rose 2.43% or 390 points to trade at 16460 at the close. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) added 0.51% or 130 points to end at 25600 and Ormat Technologies (TA:ORA) was up 0.44% or 80 points to 18450 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Melisron (TA:MLSR), which lost 1.91% or 310 points to trade at 15960 in late trade. Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) declined 1.73% or 60 points to end at 3400 and Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) shed 1.66% or 950 points to 56250.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 210 to 120 and 114 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.06% or 0.03 to $46.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.19% or 0.09 to hit $48.70 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.17% or 14.85 to trade at $1287.95 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.41% to 3.8130, while EUR/ILS rose 0.08% to 4.2104.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 97.89.